Is Scale-Up of Community Mobilisation among Sex Workers Really Possible in Complex Urban Environments? The Case of Mumbai, India

In the last decade, community mobilisation (CM) interventions targeting female sex workers (FSWs) have been scaled-up in India's national response to the HIV epidemic. This included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Avahan programme which adopted a business approach to plan and manag...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0121014
Main Authors:	Kongelf, Anine, Bandewar, Sunita V. S., Bharat, Shalini, Collumbien, Martine
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 26.03.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Access control Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Analysis Charities Community Condoms Disease prevention Disease transmission Dispersal Epidemics Epidemiology Female HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans India Intervention Occupational health Prevention Prostitution Redevelopment Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data Sex Sex industry Sex oriented businesses Sex Workers - statistics & numerical data Sexually transmitted diseases Social change STD Urban environments Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Workers Working conditions India United Kingdom > UK Mumbai India
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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